TY - JOUR
T1 - Administration of Community Participation in Small-Scale Projects
T2 - Brownfield Remediation in Los Angeles
AU - Campbell, Heather
AU - Eckerd, Adam
AU - Kim, Yushim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - This study examines when and how community involvement occurs in the remediation processes of brownfield sites in Los Angeles County, California. Although community participation is usually considered important for determining what happens with these sites, our results indicate that, except in sometimes triggering evaluation by alerting authorities about it, community involvement almost never occurs when important decisions are made. Participation does sometimes occur, but when and how cleanup occurs is driven by administrative processes, with bureaucrats following procedure, rather than following community preferences. The findings suggest that the best space for communities in the process may be the identification of sites that need remediation.
AB - This study examines when and how community involvement occurs in the remediation processes of brownfield sites in Los Angeles County, California. Although community participation is usually considered important for determining what happens with these sites, our results indicate that, except in sometimes triggering evaluation by alerting authorities about it, community involvement almost never occurs when important decisions are made. Participation does sometimes occur, but when and how cleanup occurs is driven by administrative processes, with bureaucrats following procedure, rather than following community preferences. The findings suggest that the best space for communities in the process may be the identification of sites that need remediation.
KW - brownfields
KW - environmental management
KW - public participation
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U2 - 10.1177/0095399720944064
DO - 10.1177/0095399720944064
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088365095
SN - 0095-3997
VL - 53
SP - 378
EP - 409
JO - Administration and Society
JF - Administration and Society
IS - 3
ER -